Thursday, October 21, 2010

I actually finished this little shawlette a few weeks ago, but had a Japanese Embroidery student here from England for several weeks and didn't get around to posting the pictures until today. This shawl pattern is one of those amazing designs that looks exquisite regardless of the yarn or needles used. In addition, you can make it any size you like simply by adding repeats. No advanced arithmetic is necessary to compute border stitches.

I finished the shawl in less than a week, knitting a repeat here and there when I had a few minutes to spare. Yes, it has nupps on the border and those pesky 2-into-9 and 3-into-9 increases, but only every fourth row or so, and was surprisingly easy to knit. The shawl was made with my own AK-47 20/2 silk yarn in the Grapeful colorway on US size #4 needles. I added a few #8 orange beads to the border just because I haven't beaded anything in a while and felt like picking up small round thingies from the floor.

I fully intend to knit it again with some handspun, and I don't believe I have ever before knitted a shawl pattern twice. It's that sweet a pattern.

This is a short post, so I thought I would take the time to remind everyone that I always reply to comments so long as there is a way to do so. If you don't have a Blogger account or otherwise leave me a way to contact you, all I can do is try to reply by telepathy. This usually doesn't work well because there are mentating animals in and around our house that cause interference.

I am off to SAFF tomorrow, so if you happen to see a short lady with a pink stripe in her hair, stop me and say hello, will you?

That is a beautiful shawl. It looks like a very complicated lace pattern.

If you attempt to reach me by telepathy, I can't guarantee that it will be me receiving it, with my menagerie. If you get a message back about Led Zeppelin, that would Dammit intercepted telepathy with his large ears.

I really enjoyed that pattern, too! There were some parts of the pattern that weren't as clear as they might have been, but the actual knitting was pretty straight-forward. I'd love to knit it again in a stretchier yarn than the bamboo I used for my first one.

Another beautiful lace object! So many lovely patterns and so little time...The interference must be largely due to the antenna ears of the fluffy white animal, seen on your Flickr photostream on October 18th!

Beautiful! I've got that pattern printed out and ready, but I really (really) have to finish one of these shawls already on the needles before I cast on another. Really. (I think I'm starting to whimper.)

As always, it's a gorgeous shawl! Reminds me that I have some beading I need to get back to.

Would you believe that shawls are the one thing that I'll actually knit more than once? I've done it three times - all patterns that I've loved so much that I had to see them done in another color/yarn. Usually I put a couple of years in between them, and I have to really, REALLY love the pattern...but it's always worth it!

The pink fiber on my blog is merino from Greenwood Fiberworks on Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop/GreenwoodFiberworks I lucked into her store one day, and she's since become one of my favorite fiber suppliers for a lot of reasons!

I think you should perhaps put Harry to work picking up all of those beads. He's got to be good for something, right?!

Dratted Innerwebs blocks! I can't get to Ravelry from work, so I haven't a clue as to the name of this lovely shawl. Is this a purchased pattern? Hehe, better watch what "little round things" you're handling, especially if Rambo's been around!